Hitting any bowler out of the WACA is a serious task, but try doing it to Mitchell Johnson’s left-arm thunderbolts!

George Bailey, who played in five winning Tests alongside Johnson during the 2013/14 Ashes, connected sweetly with a short one from Johnson and whacked him over deep backward square leg.

The ball simply kept going and going and going, to the point where the fourth umpire had to make his way onto the field to offer a replacement Kookaburra.

“He took that six personally Mitch,” former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds said on Channel 10.

“The adrenaline kicked in and he really ramped it up a notch after that.”

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A RARE FAILURE

D’Arcy Short made his lowest score for the Big Bash on Saturday, 11.

Caught at mid-on from the bowling of Matthew Kelly, former Australian captain and national T20 assistant coach Ricky Ponting was critical of his mode of dismissal.

“I just think that’s game awareness,” Ponting said on Channel 10 after Short was sent packing.

“That’s still a risky shot and he doesn’t need to take that many risks to score. It’s obviously an easy game from here. To be fair, D’Arcy has hardly mis-hit a ball all tournament.”

The latter point is spot on too. Short went past 500 BBL 07 runs on Saturday night, becoming the first player to reach the milestone in a single Big Bash season in the competition’s history.

Short may have bigger fish to fry as soon as Australia’s selectors announce the T20 squad for the upcoming tri-series on Sunday. He is averaging 60 this BBL at a strike-rate of almost 150 after all!

A JOFRA!

What a ridiculous run-out.

The athletic all-rounder was fielding at long-on when Adam Voges decided to take two on his powerful right arm. But not even Archer would have backed himself to get a direct hit at the keeper’s end.

Archer attacked the ball, gathered as Voges and Ashton Turner were coming back for a second run, and pinged down the stumps to run out the Scorchers skipper.

If this wasn’t the best run-out in BBL history, then it was at least the best this season.

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MAGIC MILENKO

It had been a quiet BBL 07 for Simon Milenko. That was, until Saturday night when his team needed him most.

The middle order batsman and medium pace bowler peeled off 66 off 37 balls with five sixes to rescue the Hurricanes and help them post an excellent total.

The 29-year-old, who has seven first-class half centuries and three first-class five-wicket hauls to his name, had batted just twice this season for scores of 7* and 22.

And when he came in, the ‘Canes were in real trouble at 4-68 off 10.4 overs. But over the next 56 balls, Milenko helped his team make another 99 runs. He had some help from George Bailey, but the skipper was nothing more than a nice addition to the Milenko show.

His knock was the highest score by a Hurricanes player at the WACA, overtaking Bailey’s 58 in BBL 02 five years ago.

And given he averaged just 12 in domestic T20 cricket before Saturday night, it’s fair to say it was a timely innings.

Simon Milenko. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images

AGAR’S HENS TEETH OVER

Maidens are as rare as hen’s teeth in T20 cricket. So Ashton Agar’s maiden on Saturday night deserves great credit, especially when you consider he was bowling to George Bailey.

At one stage Agar had 2-5 from three overs. It was quite incredible the way he turned the match on its head and the WACA crowd rode every single dot ball.

Agar ended up conceding just 14 runs from his four overs and half of those runs came off his last two deliveries.

This was a masterclass in how to bowl spin on a flat pitch at BBL level. 16 dots from 24 balls illustrates this.

KLINGER’S STRUGGLES

The last few games have seen Michael Klinger endure a rare run of outs. He’s scored just 53 runs in his last five innings, the lowest five-dig span in his BBL career.

The previous worst five-game streak was 63 runs in BBL 04.

He looked in top form on Saturday night and played a couple of piercing cut shots before Jofra Archer rattled the side of his helmet before the ball deflected onto the stumps.

The delivery genuinely beat Klinger for pace and saw him make his way back to the pavilion after making 17 off 18 balls.

Perth Scorchers have their final tune up for finals on January 25 against Adelaide Strikers, while Hobart Hurricanes complete their home and away season against Melbourne Stars at the MCG on January 27.